Chediak-Higashi Syndrome, or CHS, is another syndrome similar to Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome that can occur among people with albinism. CHS involves a lot of additional health issues because the immune system is so compromised. But many CHS'ers are now living longer lives thanks to bone marrow transplants. Here's a young lady in Australia with CHS that made the news.
Shy-Ann kicks off heeling process
Friday, February 22, 2008
EIGHT-year-old Shy-Ann Marshall has a shoe fetish - and with $2000 she can buy all the footwear she wants.
Friday, February 22, 2008
EIGHT-year-old Shy-Ann Marshall has a shoe fetish - and with $2000 she can buy all the footwear she wants.
Her wish was granted by the Make-A-Wish Foundation last night when she received $2000 in vouchers to go on a shopping spree in Cairns.
"She loves shopping," Shy-Ann's mum Tianie Healey said.
"She has a shoe fetish and wants to shop for 17 pairs of shoes but I told her with that amount of money she can buy more than just shoes."
Also on the Machans Beach youngster's shopping list are make-up, games, a hair dryer, clothes and a doll's pram.
The bubbly and confident primary school student was diagnosed in 2006 with chediak-higashi syndrome, which means she has no immune system to fight off the common cold and viral diseases like chickenpox, posing a serious threat to her health.
She is the only child in the state with the condition, which leaves her with chronic immune system problems because of her abnormally low white blood-cell count.
Shy-Ann has undergone a bone marrow transplant thanks to elder brother Tajah. Her family spent 13 months in a Brisbane hospital for treatment when she was diagnosed.
"It was a shock," Ms Healey said. "We take her day by day. She’s a little character though."
Shoe in: Make-A-Wish recipient Shy-Ann Marshall has a chance to indulge her shoe fetish with $2000 in Cairns shopping vouchers."
Shoe in: Make-A-Wish recipient Shy-Ann Marshall has a chance to indulge her shoe fetish with $2000 in Cairns shopping vouchers.
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